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Newsom administration alleges State Department pressure in Davos cancellation

Gavin Newsom was informed at the 11th hour that his talk with Fortune at USA House in Davos was canceled.Newsom had been invited to speak on Wednesday at an event sponsored by USA House, which for ...

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Trump and Zelenskyy to meet Thursday at Davos

President Donald Trump said he will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday.The president’s meeting with Zelenskyy is scheduled t...

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Trump Can Prosecute Anyone Now

A year into Donald Trump’s second term, the Department of Justice has become his private law firm, devoted less to the impartial administration of justice than to blackmailing, intimidating, and pe...

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Supreme Court casts doubt on Trump’s power to fire Fed official without proper review

The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared deeply skeptical of President Donald Trump’s claim that he can abruptly fire Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook for alleged misconduct without giving her...

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Court rules TikTok Canada can continue to operate — for now

OTTAWA — A federal court has overturned a Liberal government order to shut down TikTok Canada's business operations, ordering Industry Minister Mélanie Joly to take another look at the app that mor...

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Minnesota is the eye of the Trump storm

Donald Trump’s most aggressive — and fiercely disputed — efforts to expand presidential power have all collided in Minnesota.A year into his second term, Trump has turned this Midwestern blue state...

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Trump Is Running Interference for Elon Musk

The Trump administration recently stumbled into a surprising international fight over what the State Department describes as “free speech” on social media. The “speech” in question? Sexualized imag...

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Historical Fiction About Resistance

When the powerful lead with oppression and violence, resistance is the only option. Throughout history, people have responded to war, terror, dictators, and oppression with resistance movements, so...

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Mamdani will face tradeoffs in ‘union-built’ affordable housing plan

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani has vowed to dramatically expand affordable housing in New York City — and to do it with union labor. Accomplishing those two goals at once will not be easy.Mamdani ...

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MAGA Jesus Is Not the Real Jesus

Kristi Noem, the secretary of homeland security, has become an evangelist of a certain sort. During her tenure, her department has on multiple occasions released slick social-media recruitment vide...

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The only thing limiting Taylor Swift’s popularity is partisan polarization

Around the world, Taylor Swift's fan base skews female. AP Photo/Heinz Peter BaderTaylor Swift’s latest album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” generated a cultural whirlwind: chart-topping success, socia...

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Trump rules out using force to acquire Greenland

President Donald Trump ruled out military force to acquire Greenland in his remarks Wednesday to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, providing a momentary sense of relief to Europe afte...

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Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data

Two members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team working at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with an advocacy group seeking to “overturn election results in certain states,” and one si...

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DOJ subpoenas Walz amid immigration enforcement crackdown in Minnesota

Federal prosecutors subpoenaed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, his office said Tuesday, amid the Justice Department’s investigation into the state’s response to President Donald Trump heightening immigrat...

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Race looms large in gun-rights arguments at Supreme Court

As the Supreme Court debated the constitutionality Tuesday of a Hawaii law that restricts people from carrying guns in some public places, the subject turned again and again to race — specifically,...

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Leftist pastor calls Minnesota church invasion divine judgment on 'MAGA evangelicals' amid DOJ probe

While federal officials weigh possible civil rights violations over the invasion of a Minnesota church service on Sunday, leftist Christian leaders are cheering the anti-ICE protesters, casting the...

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Phil Murphy’s final clemency act as New Jersey governor includes those with political connections

In his second term, Gov. Phil Murphy used his clemency powers to give hundreds of ordinary New Jerseyans a second chance.Murphy’s final round of clemency actions just before leaving office on Tuesd...

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Trump’s Greenland tariffs could squeeze Hill Republicans

President Donald Trump’s threat to weaponize steep new tariffs as part of his bid to acquire Greenland could soon put queasy Republicans on the spot.House and Senate Democrats plan to force votes a...

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Canada's Mark Carney calls on world to adapt to ‘rupture’ caused by ‘great powers’

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says a global order based on rules has been rendered “fiction” and is urging smaller countries to forge new strategic alliances to keep from being subjugated...

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South Dakota SCIF plan puzzles DHS, CISA officials

Senior officials at the Department of Homeland Security have pushed the nation’s cyber defense agency to back the installation of a secure intelligence-sharing facility at a university in Secretary...

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Trump's tariff threats spark new fears of 'Sell America' trade

President Donald Trump backed down from the most extreme “Liberation Day” tariffs after bond traders revolted at the prospect of economic upheaval. Now, his push to coerce Denmark into ceding Green...

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